Community action/Belgium
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Belgium.
News
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‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals, theguardian.com (Jan 05, 2026) - Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds, theguardian.com (May 16, 2025)
- The Ostbelgien Model: five years on, publicdeliberation.net (Jan 31, 2025)
- Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
- How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
- Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary, theguardian.com (May 07, 2026)
- Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
- Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
- How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Citizens Spring, citizen movement "to rebuild our local communities to be more resilient. Our goal is to develop and support various citizen initiatives that bring citizens together and that focus on sustainable solutions."
- Liege in Transition
- Transitie Tervuren
Resources
Youth initiatives
Young Green (Dutch: Jong Groen) is the youth organisation of Groen, the Green party in Flanders and Brussels.
International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
Jun 03, 2026 (Wed) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year, un.org- Jun 05, 2026 (Fri) — World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
- Jun 08, 2026 (Mon) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
- Jun 12, 2026 (Fri) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
- Jun 17, 2026 (Wed) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
- Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
- Jun 22, 2026 (Mon) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
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Community involvement
[edit | edit source]- G1000, Belgian platform for democratic innovation. "We develop and support new forms of citizen participation. We are active in municipalities, cities, regions and on national level. We are also involved in various international networks." added 15:10, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
Food activism
[edit | edit source]- Ceinture Aliment-Terre liégoise - (fr, nl, de)
- www.fian.be, Foodfirst Information & Action Network
- PermaFungi
Community energy
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[edit | edit source]Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle
[edit | edit source]- RREUSE represents social enterprises active in re-use, repair and recycling
- Repair Cafés, Repair Together
Sharing
[edit | edit source]Climate action
[edit | edit source]Ethical consumerism
[edit | edit source]News archive
[edit | edit source]- Belgian court orders 55% emissions cut from 1990 levels, theguardian.com (Dec 01, 2023)
- Brussels launches permanent citizens’ assembly on climate, knoca.eu (Nov 17, 2022)
- More flowers, fewer cars: the rewilders turning parking spaces into parks, The Guardian (Jun 22, 2022) — Across the UK and Europe, the ‘parklet’ movement is gaining pace, transforming dead spaces where cars used to be into pockets of green
- Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands come together to make the North Sea a "green power plant", The Daily Alternative (Jun 15, 2022)
Belgian parliament votes to recognise international crime of ecocide, Dec 3, 2021...stopecocide.earth
- The launch of bicycle parking initiatives in Belgium and the Netherlands, 2021...park4sump.eu
- Citizen Spring: The new movement connecting social enterprises across Brussels and Antwerp, May 19, 2019...Shareable
- A dazzlingly delicious taste of the future in Liége, Mar 27, 2018...transitionnetwork.org
- Meet the Transition Pinball Wizards! Apr 27, 2017...transitionnetwork.org
- Car-free Belgium: why can't Brussels match Ghent's pedestrianised vision? Nov 28, 2016...theguardian.com
- How 22 Belgian streets turned into lively car-free parks this summer, September 4, 2015...Co.Exist
About Belgium
[edit | edit source]Past events
- Mar 21 - 24, 2019, Citizen Spring
- Sep 18, 2016, Car Free Sunday in Brussels
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. Belgium covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.8 million; its population density of 383/km2 (990/sq mi) ranks 22nd in the world and sixth in Europe. The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.
Belgium is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a complex federal system structured on regional and linguistic grounds. The country is divided into three highly autonomous regions: the Flemish Region (Flanders) in the north, the Walloon Region (Wallonia) in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region in the middle. Belgium is also home to two main linguistic communities: the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community, which constitutes about 60 percent of the population, and the French-speaking French Community, which constitutes about 40 percent of the population; a small German-speaking Community, comprising around one percent of the population, exists in the East Cantons. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its complex system of governance, made up of six different governments. Belgium is a developed country with an advanced high-income economy. It is one of the six founding members of the European Union, with its capital of Brussels serving as the de facto capital of the EU, hosting the official seats of the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, and one of two seats of the European Parliament (the other being Strasbourg). Brussels also hosts the headquarters of many major international organizations, such as NATO.
Near you
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External links
- Brussels Environment, administration of the environment and the energy of the Region of Brussels-Capital
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| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Belgium". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |